30,000 feet and climbing

thousands of feet above the ground, traveling hundreds of miles an hour, and my mind is quietly fixed on Joe and his short life. i wonder if this looks like anything he saw on his way up, though i know that where he is is far more spectacular...

this was a beautiful evening to fly and i had to take advantage of these awesome clouds on my way back to new york.

breathe easy Joe

joe mackool
these few photos are a tribute to joe mackool. he died of complications from cystic fibrosis late last night. i was in school with him for many years and he was a dear friend of mine. about a year ago he got a whole new set of lungs at Columbia Presbyterian and proudly showed me his giant stapled scar that went from one armpit to the next. he was skinny, but pink, and said he didn't know what to do with all the extra air in his lungs. after months of chronic organ rejection the disease caught up with him. he will be very very missed.
love you joe

love you...

east hampton : the right way

these are some shots of our very last minute trip to east hampton with the Walsh family. they practically demanded that we come out and enjoy ourselves for the weekend and we certainly did. a hurricane in the atlantic provided some crazy surf and little umberto was almost swept out to sea! if you're going to do the hamptons at all, this is the way to do it.

veronica walsh

timothy and gia

our big one

our little one

virgin coladas...

my husband <3

birthday celebration!

my mom and Chloe came down last week because Chloe was going to college! we decided to hold off and celebrate my mom's Birthday late and it was awesome. we went to Red Hat and then had an oreo cookie cake from Riviera Bakery. it was a little party on our back porch. the week felt like only a few days. the last day my mom and i got pedicures and laid out in the park. perfect.

umberto and a pedicure

new purse, new toes!

yankees vs boston : 5-2 win!!!

this was my first time in the new stadium and it was awesome! yankees kicked boston's ass 5-2 in an amazing game. the few boston fans in front of us were being heckled to no end and three people were escorted out for fighting. between me and timothy we were able to consume two foot-long hot dogs, a sausage with peppers and onions, fries and chicken nuggets, and vanilla milkshake AND and bag of crackerjacks. good old american fun.

wicked tough boston fan

yanks win the series!

atlantic city : high contrast

on our way!

this past wednesday we spent the night at Harrah's in Atlantic City. one night was enough and it was quite an experience. the whole energy of the place is very strange and the constant droning of slot machines is mesmerizing. it was amazing to me that most people there looked absolutely miserable! i sat with timothy and had a blast while he played Black Jack. we ended up winning, too:) the pictures in high contrast and high blacks portray my thoughts for the trip.

borgata and water club

harrah's

the pool at harrah's turns into a nightclub at 10...

bathed in oxygen

the slots!

the sin will suck you in...

a few hundred more of these and the casinos will be green

berry picking and 6 flags adventure!!!!

6 flags is awesome:
this was a great day. we got a FastPass and hit every ride in the park, some twice! we won a prize, ate gross cheese fries, and never waited in line.
perfect day.

next adventure: wild raspberries:

berry picking at the Rockefeller Preserve:
Sophia and Austin came to stay with me and Timothy and we had a blast! we took the puppies to the Rockefeller Preserve in Sleepy Hollow and picked these gorgeous raspberries for hours. later on they helped me bake brownies and make a raspberry coulis as a topping. awesome day!

crazy wet dogs!

austing running

sweet boy

beautiful girl

looks like a heart <3